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Nuremberg’s Old City. This medieval city was bombed beyond recognition by the Allies in 1945, and completely rebuilt.

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A medieval tower in Nuremberg.

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Old City, Nuremberg, or as I liked to call it… Euro Disney. It’s so clean and perfect that it doesn’t quite seem real.

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It’s easy to see why Adolf Hitler chose this city for the Nazi Party rallies. It’s the perfect German city with deep roots that started in the Middle Ages.

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Cameraman Lior Sperandeo having fun with the beautiful scenery.

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I won’t lie… I wanted to ditch work and sit here all day.

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We arrived in Nuremberg just in time to see the city’s famous Easter Market.

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More of the Easter Market, which doubles as a Christmas Market in the winter.

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Be careful with the Easter eggs; they don’t grow on trees. Or do they?

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Nuremberg was in full bloom in early April.

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One of the city’s outdoor flower markets.

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On every corner, vendors sold fresh fruit and vegetables. Fortunately, we were in Germany a month before the infamous E. coli outbreak.

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The darker side of Nuremberg. A view of the Zeppelintribune, the former Nazi parade grounds designed by Albert Speer and patterned on the Pergamon Altar, now in Berlin.

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This is what’s left of the Zeppelintribune today. The rest was dismantled by the Allies because it was structurally unstable after the war.

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We wanted to go inside, but were prevented by the caretakers, who said the building was unstable. Seriously? I would have worn a helmet.

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Gordon Robertson getting ready for a standup at the Zeppelintribune. He was one sick reporter that day, but still managed to smile for the camera.

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CBN’s Scott Ross in Hitler’s podium giving the Führer a different kind of salute.

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Across the lake from the Zeppelintribune is Hitler’s Congress Hall, patterned after the Colosseum in Rome and also designed by Albert Speer. The building was never finished, and today, it’s a museum: The Documentation Center for the Nazi Party Rally Grounds.

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Thousands gather for a Nazi Party Rally at the Zeppelintribune in the 1930s. Here you can see Hitler’s famous “Cathedral of Light.” Image courtesy of the German Federal Archive.

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At the end of the war, the Allies bombed the swastika off the top of the building. Image courtesy of the German Federal Archive.

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Hitler in his podium, in the center of the Cathedral of Light. Image courtesy of the German Federal Archive.